Crews Work To Remove Derailed Freight Train At NY Crossing

NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Crews are continuing efforts to get a derailed CSX freight train back on the tracks at a Hudson Valley railroad crossing where it collided with a forklift.

Officials with the Jacksonville, Florida-based freight hauler say Wednesday that CSX crews are attempting to remove the three locomotives and 20 cars that derailed around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday along the Hudson River's west bank in Newburgh, 60 miles north of New York City.

The 77-car train was heading from the Albany area to Georgia when it struck a steel company's forklift that got trapped on the tracks when the crossing gates came down. The man driving the forklift jumped to safety.

Two crew members aboard the train suffered minor injuries.

The train's load includes sulfuric acid. CSX say no hazardous materials leaked from any of the tank cars.